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Some of the people I find most fascinating have publicly straddled the line or gone back and forth between trying to improve work or productivity and life or wellbeing. I find it hard to categorize such people, and I have innately or instinctively admired this kind of person.
- Leo Babauta - Created Zen Habits website and blog where he writes and teaches about productivity, improvement, and personal development, but also about being healthy, achieving happiness, and simplifying your life. (Zen Habits)
- Gina Trapani - Created LifeHacker website and blog where she straddled the line between writing about useful tips and tools to make life and work better, and works as a software developer and designer creating tools to make work and life better. (Note To Self)
- Derek Sivers - Created CD Baby business by following his technical interests after working as a musician following his artistic interests. Created Derek Sivers website blog and books to help people improve their life, work, music, and technology. (Derek Sivers)
- Belle Cooper - Created Hello Code business and works as a software developer making apps that help with journaling, logging, and keeping track of life and work. Writes and journals about life and work at various websites and her blog. (Belle B. Cooper)
- Tim Ferriss - Created The 4-Hour Workweek and Tools of Titans books focused on work and productivity, and The 4-Hour Body and 4-Hour Chef focused on life and health. Created and invests in businesses, and created educational podcast. (Tim Ferriss)
- Penelope Trunk - Created Penelope Trunk website and blog to write candidly and openly about all aspects of careers, education, life, and struggles. Teaches, coaches, and provides courses to help people with careers, education, life, and writing. (Penelope Trunk)
- Bill Gates - Created Microsoft business to improve work and productivity technology and software which made him a lot of money, and created a foundation to improve life and health resources and research which made him a lot of money. (Gates Notes)
- Oprah Winfrey - Created The Oprah Winfrey Show and subsequent media network that entertained people, but made the choice to also educate people with positive information and stories to make your life better, which made her rich and famous. (Oprah)
June 7th, 2026
Designing software is harder than hardware because changing it is easier.
Designing simple and easy to use hardware is hard because changing it is harder, but designing simple and easy to use software is harder because changing it is easier.
Designing usable software is hard because not using standards is easy.
Designing simple, consistent, and easy to use software is hard because carelessly changing or not using simple, consistent, and easy to use layouts and standards for software is easy.
Here is my overall strategy and roster construction ideas for the Toronto Raptors 2026 offseason and going forward, including possible lineup changes and potential trade ideas.
What
- Improve 3PT/FT shooting of all players around Barnes/Murray into future
- Improve height, rebounding, defense, and eventually 3PT shooting at center
- Center - Get tall starting center(s) to rebound and defend, hope 3PT potential
- Point - Get young backup or fringe PG that shoots 3PT, rebounds, passes
- Continue trading for young players to get team of 2-Way shooters/defenders
- Sign cheap centers if just rebounds/defense, play Murray/Barnes center rarely
Players
- Barrett - Trade for young prospect player(s), draft picks, maybe center
- Shead - Trade possibly and get a better shooting and rebounding PG
- Poeltl - Keep and move to bench to trade salary at future date, or use in trade
- Ingram - Keep for 3PT shooting, late clock scoring, and team consistency
- Walter - Promote to starting lineup at SG, Murray starters insurance 6th man
- Gradey - Keep as 11th guy, maybe don't extend, possibly trade at deadline
Lineup
- PG - Quickley - [Trade 3/D] - Draft/FA
- SG - Walter - Murray - Gradey
- SF - Ingram - [Trade D/3] - Battle
- PF - Barnes - Mamu - Draft/FA
- C - [FA/Trade] - Poeltl - Draft/FA
Trade Blueprint 1
- Don't love center being high paid player, but maybe worth it here
- Raptors - Barrett, Shead, Gradey, Mogbo
- Thunder - Holmgren, Wallace
Trade Blueprint 2
- Poeltl contract tough, but maybe OKC prefers him to trade later
- Raptors - Barrett, Poeltl, Shead, Battle, Mogbo
- Thunder - Holmgren, Wallace, Topic
Trade Blueprint 3
- Improve shooting potential and continue with youth movement
- Raptors - Barrett, Shead, Mogbo
- Rockets - Sheppard, Smith, 2027 1st, 2026 2nd, 2027 2nd
Trade Blueprint 4
- Get center with shooting potential, offensive PG, continue with youth
- Raptors - Barrett, Shead, Battle, Mogbo
- Heat - Ware, Jakucionis, Wiggins, 2026 1st
Trade Blueprint 5?
- Get picks, starting no 3PT center, two solid guys who've won championship?
- Raptors - Barrett, Shead, Jackson
- Thunder - Wallace, Hartenstein, 2026 1st, 2 2027 1st Round, 4 2nd Round
Trade Blueprint 6?
- Not "huge" myself on Sengun, as defense/shooting/slow, but maybe fits?
- Raptors - Barrett, Shead, Gradey, Jackson
- Rockets - Sheppard, Sengun
I think Google and search engines may have lost their way when they started using people's location and providing localized results. I want to search the world for the best information when I search for something. If I want local results I'd include location in the search.
If I was Masai Ujiri and Mavericks I might either trade Kyrie Irving now or more likely risk signing him to an extension through 2028-29 with no player option, AND trade him next off-season, as you often get most value from trading star players in off-season on guaranteed money.
Simplify website back to just 6 main sections of recognizable subject names, with every category of posts visible on the front page, and a hidden notes section of the same categories.
- Sections - Life, Human, World, Tech, Art, Sport
- Titles - Scholar, Letterist, Author, Strategist, Curator, Analyst
I found it very revealing and enjoyable when Alicia Keys finally came on American Idol to sing her masterpiece Fallin', *25 years* after it was released and it was covered incessantly by contestants running more than a marathoner, she mostly sang the original melody of a song.
Art or Craft? Is it expressive or functional?
- Art - Drawings, Music, Films, Shows
- Craft - Designs, Clothes, Furniture
- Art - Sculpture, Figurines, Makeup
- Craft - Architecture, Pottery, Applied
- Art - Literature, Comedians, Podcasts
- Craft - Games, Toys, Apps
I think it's kind of a shame we created a legal system of judges and lawyers who aim to be intelligent and work hard for poor people who are wronged, just for so much of their time and work to be spent on greedy and selfish people like Elon Musk and Sam Altman to get even richer.
- 2026 Nov/Oct - M6 MacBook Air (New Design)
- 2026 Nov/Oct - M6 MacBook Pro (Old Design)
- 2027 Mar/Jun - M6 Pro MacBook Pro (New Design)
- 2028 Mar/Apr - A20 Pro MacBook Neo 2 (Old Design)
* Note - M2 debuted new Air, M4 debuted new iPad Pro
I hate to break it to people who enjoy mythical fantasy and a good story, I think there's a good chance we are god ourselves, and living beings on any planet shape its way, and from that perspective humans may be doing awesome as dinosaurs likely fought way more and never smiled.
Madison Moon, Philmon Lee, Abayomi, Makiyah, Jake Thistle, Julian Kalel, Mor Ilderton, Khloe Grace, Genevieve Heyward, Ruby Rae, Trew The Star, and Julianne Post leaving as early as they did prove humans keep making great music, as they were all incredibly enjoyable to listen to.
Prefer labelling items using short or abbreviated words with 4-6 letters and 1-2 syllables.
Organize items into groups of exactly 2, 4, or 6 objects using separators or space.
It may not be that striving for goals, improving ourselves, finding a purpose, thinking positively, or getting better is necessarily important for us to be content, but that if we aren't striving to be better we may turn to negative actions and thoughts that make us unhappier.
If a playoff series doesn't start until a team loses at home, then there would be playoff series that finished without starting, and therefore did not even happen. I know sayings aren't meant to be taken literally, but it's still odd one is so popular that's literally incorrect.
I wonder if one reason becoming enlightened may be difficult is most people may value connection to others over truth, and as one may see things in their true light, most other people may resist change and cling to any current system or fictional beliefs they learned for harmony.
Who are a few of your favorite lesser known music artists and bands from any genre in the 2020s who make great music with great lyrics? Allen Stone, Wet Leg, King Princess, Big Thief, Youth Lagoon, and Julia Jacklin are a few I like and have albums from.
I wonder if one reason rumored M6 MacBook Pro with OLED touchscreen might be redesigned like iPad Pro with camera inside bezels and no hole punch is because touching very edge of large displays in front of you may not work well, unlike a small iPhone you hold steady in your hand.
